CLAYTON WILLIAMS E## (CWEI) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Tuesday January 26 as the stock popped 9.99% to $15.42, representing a gain of $1.4 per share. Some 163,082 shares traded hands on 1,185 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 255,534 shares out of a total float of 12.17 million. The stock opened at $14.58 and traded with an intraday range of $16.05 to $13.66.

After today's gains, CLAYTON WILLIAMS E## reached a market cap of
$187.65 million. CLAYTON WILLIAMS E## has had a trading range between $73.15 and $11.23 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $39.19 and a 200-day SMA of $48.58.

Clayton Williams Energy Inc, is an oil and gas company. It is engaged in the exploration for and production of oil and natural gas in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.

CLAYTON WILLIAMS E## is based out of Midland, TX and has some 260 employees. Its CEO is Clayton W. Williams.

The Russell 2000 is one of the leading indices tracking small-cap companies in the United States. It's maintained by Russell Investments, an industry leader in creating and maintaining indices, and consists of the smallest 2000 stocks from the broader Russell 3000 index.

Russell's indices differ from traditional indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or S&P 500, whose members are selected by committee, because they base membership entirely on an objective, rules based methodology. The 3,000 largest companies by market cap make up the Russell 3000, with the 2,000 smaller companies making up the Russell 2000. It's a simple approach that gives a broad, unbiased look at the small-cap market as a whole.

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